scholarly journals On Overseas Chinese Teaching from the Perspective of Intercultural Communication

Author(s):  
Zhiwei Gu
2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 418 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junqing Wang

The perceptions of academic staffs and overseas students to the significance of intercultural awareness in Chinese teaching/learning as foreign language were studied to provide suggestions for enhancing their intercultural communication competence in the context of Shanxi Provincial universities. The participants of 273 students and 52 staffs took part in the questionnaire and 25 of them accepted semi-structured interview. The combination of qualitative and quantitative analysis indicated a significant correlation between intercultural experience, length of Chinese teaching/learning and the enthusiasm in target language involved programs, regardless of age or gender. The attitudes to cultural diversity, misunderstanding even conflicts unavoidably existed in these universities influenced target language and culture mastery. This study suggested the promotion of intercultural awareness among staffs as well as students was important to help international students take advantage of opportunities available at campus or beyond to improve their effective intercultural communication. And much more intercultural strategies, including more positive learning environment, appropriated curriculum, further exploration, concentrated on improving target language proficiency and extending cultural experience in Chinese classes should be implemented to motivate students’ intercultural enthusiasm and competence.


Author(s):  
Yuan Zhang ◽  
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Zhao Wang

As the expansion of overseas Chinese learners, distance education of Chinese as a foreign language is getting more and more attention, which gives it a great market potential. Although different kinds of Chinese learning websites are gradually flourishing, there are still plenty of problems need to be solved like education resources, website design and faculty management. In the present paper, we will analyze the characteristics of overseas Chinese learners firstly, and then put forward the building design of smart Chinese online learning platform based on intercultural communication, to provide a new idea for the future development of Chinese distance education.


When teaching Chinese overseas, the author finds that using the medium of instruction as an auxiliary teaching is an indispensable part in the process of international Chinese teaching, especially in overseas Chinese teaching classes. In addition, the level of foreign language of Chinese teachers abroad is different. For example, a large number of Chinese teachers who teach in the Russian-speaking areas do not fully master Russian, some Chinese teachers are not very good in English, neither. This article takes the teaching reality of the primary Chinese class in Ukraine as an example. There are many benefits in using the medium of instruction, such as saving time, improving teaching efficiency, and getting closer to students. It is worth mentioning that it also helps learners better understand two different languages. At the same time Chinese teachers can use other languages in Chinese classes, but they cannot spend most of their teaching time on speaking foreign languages. We can not achieve "immersive" Chinese teaching at the current stage of overseas Chinese teaching, but we should input Chinese as much as possible to create the Chinese learning environment for students as much as possible, while reducing the impact of negative language transfer. This paper combines teaching practice to summarize how many medium of instruction used in primary Chinese class can be beneficial to teaching, and also will analyze the correct timing of using medium of instruction, and how to use medium of instruction to better assist learning Chinese. At the same time, the author believes that when selecting and dispatching Chinese teachers, we should pay attention to the cultivation of Chinese teachers' language ability and teaching ability. The author believes that these measures will help reduce the negative influence of medium of instruction on students.


Author(s):  
Edward C. Stewart ◽  
Jack Danielian ◽  
Robert J. Foster

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vida Gudzinskiene ◽  
Asta Januskeviciute ◽  
Neringa Kurpakaitiene

1943 ◽  
Vol 12 (23) ◽  
pp. 230-231
Author(s):  
Guenther Stein
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